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    MENU Policy Analysis / PolicyWatch 1066 Iran's Air Forces: Struggling to Maintain Readiness by Farzin Nadimi Dec 22, 2005 ABOUT THE AUTHORS Farzin Nadimi Farzin Nadimi, an associate fellow with The Washington Institute, is a Washington-based analyst specializing in the security and defense affairs of Iran and the Persian Gulf region. Brief Analysis ecent events, including the launch of Iran's first space imaging satellite, the announcement that Russia is R selling Iran twenty-nine Tor-M1 (SA-15 Gauntlet) mobile short-range surface-to-air missile systems for $700 million, and the crash of an air force C-130 transport plane into an apartment block in Tehran, have focused attention on Iran's evolving air and aerospace power capabilities, as well as on Iran's longstanding problems in maintaining its aging fleet of military and civilian aircraft. A Force Divided Iran's air forces are divided between the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force (IRIAF) and Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps Air Force (IRGCAF). The IRIAF is by far the larger and more capable service. Its main role is to defend Iran against foreign enemies; in the event of invasion, this might include long-range offensive missions. To this end, it operates some two hundred and twenty combat aircraft (F-14A Tomcats, F-4D/E Phantoms, F-5E/F Tigers, Su-24MKs, MiG-29A/UBs, Mirage F- 1EQs, and F-7Ns) at various states of readiness; around fifteen reconnaissance aircraft (RF-4Es and RF-5As); at least one hundred training aircraft (F-5B Simorghs, FT-7s, PC-7/S-68s, and F-33 Bonanza/Parastoos); some forty-five transport/tanker aircraft (Boeing 707s and 747s, C-130E/H Hercules, and Fokker F27 Friendships); around thirty- five helicopters used for search and rescue and transport; and four P-3F Orions for maritime surveillance of the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman.
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  • Miff US Decision Making on Missile Defense by Yeonmin Cho Bachelor
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  • US Vs Iran Hybrid War
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  • Tehran Summons Kuwait Envoy to Protest About ‘Anti-Iran’ Meet
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  • St. Cloud Tribune Vol. 20, No. 05, September 20, 1928
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  • Following the Guidelines of Martyr Beheshti
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  • Number of Organ Donors Increases Significantly
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